St. John’s Abbey and Monastery Guesthouse

Project Details

Project Description

engineering design initiative was commissioned to design the mechanical, electrical, lighting, and audio/visual systems for a new guesthouse on the campus of St. John’s University. The project combines conference and meeting areas, a library, a meditation chapel, dining facilities, and administrative offices with thirty guest rooms. The building was designed with ultra-quiet mechanical systems and simple electrical lighting systems that complimented the minimalistic architecture of the building. The guesthouse has gained a regional reputation for providing a quiet, contemplative setting for meditation, prayer and spiritual healing.

This facility received multiple awards including National and State of Minnesota AIA Housing Award.

Following is a summary of systems:

Convective heating and cooling in guestrooms to provide ultra-quiet environment with no moving mechanical components.

Energy recovery of exhaust air

Campus steam heating

Campus chilled water for cooling

High efficiency lighting

Lighting control system

High efficiency motors with variable frequency drives.

Expansion of campus electrical distribution to serve facility

Building Automation Controls

Occupancy sensor control throughout for lighting and mechanical control

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